Legal Opinion
Jech v. Burch
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided February 21, 1979No. Civ. 77-0244PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
SAMUEL P. KING, Chief Judge.
On March 28, 1977, Alena Jech gave birth to a baby boy. She and her husband, Adolf Befurt, named the boy Adrian. Had they left it at that, there would be no case. They did not.
Instead of choosing either the father’s surname (“Befurt”) as required by H.R.S. § 574 — 2 (1976), 1 or one of the surnames allowed by an opinion of the State Attorney General 2 (“Befurt-Jech” or “Jech-Befurt”), Adrian’s parents decided upon the fused surname “Jebef.” The name “Adrian Jebef” was duly reported to the state’s registrar…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- State v. KealohaHawaii Supreme Court · 1980
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- Rio v. RioNew York Supreme Court · 1986
- STATE, COM'N ON ETHICS v. SullivanDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
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